Where does “親指” come from?

親指 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 親, from Middle Chinese 親.

親指 (Japanese): a thumb

Definitions

  1. a thumb

Ancestry of “親指”, step by step

親指 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 親

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese親a parent; the originator or founder of a school,...
2Middle Chinese親—

via Japanese 指

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese指a finger

Words derived from “親指”

Every word from Middle Chinese 親 →Every word from Japanese 親 →